ETFs tracking municipal bonds defied logic in 2011. Well, at least they proved doubters, Meredith Whitney among them, wrong on the road to some stellar performances.
Yes, concerns about major budget issues facing scores of U.S. states, cities and towns were and still are legitimate. However,...

On CNBC this morning, Bridgewater Associates founder and CIO Ray Dalio spoke about the world economy and how it has split into two parts.
“We have the debtor, developed world – U.S., Europe, Japan – countries that are overly in debt,” Dalio said. “Then we have the emerging world. Basically it's 50/...

U.S. Consensus published the population data that they rigorously constructed throughout the summer. Michigan was the only state out of the 50 that had a decrease in population (along with a congressional seat) at a modest .6%, since the last time data was collected. Texas on the other hand,...